“Demolishing homes, forcing people off their land, and denying basic government services contradicts the moral values central to Judaism, and on which the State of Israel was founded,” stated Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Executive Director of T’ruah.

Rabbi Jason Klein, President of the Reconrtuctionist Rabbinical Association, explained, “Israel’s own Declaration of Independence proclaimed that the State of Israel was founded on principles of ‘freedom, justice and peace as envisioned by the prophets of the Jewish people.’ The opening chapter of the Torah affirms the fundamental importance of equality as all of humanity is created in the Divine image.”